( she's had to be — in the army, in kingsman, here. it doesn't mean that it isn't tiring and it doesn't mean that she doesn't go to bed and wakes up wishing the storm hadn't happened, that she wasn't missing part of her memory. it doesn't mean that, but she won't linger on those things. )
james used to do magic tricks proper ones he made these sparks in the shape of a dragon once and sent it roaring round the room
[ god, he misses james most of all. perhaps he always will. ]
but i guess the MOST magic thing is this ceremony they do over in wyver it's got shamans and dragon teeth necklaces and spells up this great big climb they'll do a magic pact for you and someone else makes you both stronger, when you're together
ok so you do some vows in this weird ceremony and then the shaman uses magic to seal it boom you've got a bit of each other's abilities even more when you're working together i could speak russian for a while there when i was in a pact with harry and it was like i'd been training for way longer than before, y'know? and he got a bit of my reflexes and balance
[ bendy noodle man eggsy unwin could've been an olympic gymnast, after all. ]
don't think it depends on it but it helps it was better when we were on good terms, too
[ he wasted his time fighting harry more often than eggsy would like. and they'd only just found a rhythm when he —]
it's alright i got more time than i thought i would, yeah?
[ it's more forthright than he'd be with anyone else, even his closest companions here, and more clear than he ever could've been, back when he and roxy were in training together. still, roxy knows everything worth knowing about eggsy, even if some smaller details about the gap in time between them have yet to be shared.
he doesn't think harry will wake up. most people don't, and hoping that changes each month only makes it harder. eggsy has grown since he arrived on el nysa. investing in his relationships with those awake, instead of pining for those who sleep, is the only way forward. ]
( roxy wouldn't blame him for mourning harry, for pining for someone who sleeps. harry has been an important figure in eggsy's life, even if he hasn't always been part of eggsy's life. but she thinks if anyone can manage that sentence and mean it, it's eggsy. )
i can't pretend to understand how that works
( of course she could pretend. but she won't. )
yeah i won't ask what you fought about
have many concluded pacts like that here, do you know?
( she can imagine his imitation of harry well enough even without hearing it, anyhow. she imagines it, too, over that line. how could she not, when she knows that's what he'd be doing? )
it's curious it could be just a tool, but if that's the attitude, i suppose there's more to it than that
magically hitched, huh? should i buy you a belated wedding gift
you poor poor man completely abandoned by your army buddy ;)
don't get greedy now
( she wonders if the bond is something she'd be interested in, for a moment. other than eggsy, she's not really close enough to anyone here to have a real bond. )
[ the thought of asking her has only just crossed his mind, but then he'd have to, well, ask. and then they'd travel to wyver, up that great fucking mountain, and he'd swear to her. and kiss her. and they'd be a pair.
last time, he hadn't known how it would go. the locals just singled him and harry out, suggesting it because of their apparent closeness. curiosity led them up and, then, well — it made sense to play along. this time, however, eggsy would have to ask roxy properly (pop the bloody question, so to speak), knowing all of that and ensuring she knew it, too.
it's sort of intimate, isn't it? he'd said, but now he thinks, very fucking intimate. ]
( she doesn't know there's kissing involved. she doesn't know anything but what eggsy's told her and the bits and pieces others had mentioned on the network, that she's come across in her initial survey of things. intimacy with eggsy isn't a new thing; he knows her greatest fears and has talked her through them, just as she's kept him from throwing the training by giving in to his frustration about charlie, just as she knows about his family —
but it's a different thing, isn't it? a different kind of intimacy. )
tomorrow sounds good and i will
though i think i need to think about getting a proper job
alan would know better than me. he's been working there for ages rosalind and dorian have been there for a while, too, if you wanted to see what others think course those two are a bit much
[ with the time travel and the magic and the... egos... ]
[ listen, it's not that he's grateful to field this question over text rather than in person, but, well — eggsy knows that he'd sound hopelessly fond if he spoke of alan aloud, in this same way that talk of harry makes his throat dry and eyes wet.
while he trusts roxy more than anyone, they're colleagues and friends. learning more about each other outside of kingsman is a work in progress. eggsy still keeps much of his personal experiences to himself, even though his times on el nysa have trended happier than much of his life in london. ]
i know he's a good man definitely has his secrets says he was in Security back home but doesn't mind doing shady shit like betting on me in the fighting rings or fleecing folks
[ casually dropping that he participated in the fighting rings. yep. ]
i'm sure he suspects something but he doesn't know anything for certain
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( she's had to be — in the army, in kingsman, here. it doesn't mean that it isn't tiring and it doesn't mean that she doesn't go to bed and wakes up wishing the storm hadn't happened, that she wasn't missing part of her memory. it doesn't mean that, but she won't linger on those things. )
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course you are
but our big date to the new village might be a bit magical
like
literally magical
it gets a bit hocus pocus outside of olympia
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proper ones
he made these sparks in the shape of a dragon once
and sent it roaring round the room
[ god, he misses james most of all. perhaps he always will. ]
but i guess the MOST magic thing is this ceremony they do over in wyver
it's got shamans and dragon teeth necklaces and spells up this great big climb
they'll do a magic pact for you and someone else
makes you both stronger, when you're together
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a magic pact?
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and then the shaman uses magic to seal it
boom
you've got a bit of each other's abilities
even more when you're working together
i could speak russian for a while there when i was in a pact with harry
and it was like i'd been training for way longer than before, y'know?
and he got a bit of my reflexes and balance
[ bendy noodle man eggsy unwin could've been an olympic gymnast, after all. ]
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are there any side effects? ( and what's the status now that harry is back in stasis? )
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don't think so
[ he'd felt hollow when harry left, but that wasn't down to any spell. ]
it doesn't work anymore, without him
that's all
[ he'd started to type with him gone but couldn't go through with it. ]
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( or neither of those? )
i'm sorry, eggsy
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it was better when we were on good terms, too
[ he wasted his time fighting harry more often than eggsy would like. and they'd only just found a rhythm when he —]
it's alright
i got more time than i thought i would, yeah?
[ it's more forthright than he'd be with anyone else, even his closest companions here, and more clear than he ever could've been, back when he and roxy were in training together. still, roxy knows everything worth knowing about eggsy, even if some smaller details about the gap in time between them have yet to be shared.
he doesn't think harry will wake up. most people don't, and hoping that changes each month only makes it harder. eggsy has grown since he arrived on el nysa. investing in his relationships with those awake, instead of pining for those who sleep, is the only way forward. ]
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i can't pretend to understand how that works
( of course she could pretend. but she won't. )
yeah
i won't ask what you fought about
have many concluded pacts like that here, do you know?
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or me doing stupid shit
[ she doesn't have to ask. it's information he'll give to her freely. ]
don't know anyone else who's done it
reckon people keep it quiet
it's sort of intimate, isn't it?
[ even without the physical aspect of it. ]
and i couldn't exactly go around telling everyone my tailoring mentor and i went up a mountain to get magically hitched
it's scandalous
[ he definitely would've imitated harry for that final line, if this were a call. ]
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it's curious
it could be just a tool, but if that's the attitude, i suppose there's more to it than that
magically hitched, huh?
should i buy you a belated wedding gift
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maybe that's why people take it seriously
[ then her next messages make him laugh. ]
yes roxy!!
you missed my birthday and my wedding
now i'm an old widower :(
desperately in need of presents :( :( :(
[ ah... there's the unwin charm... ]
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completely abandoned by your army buddy ;)
don't get greedy now
( she wonders if the bond is something she'd be interested in, for a moment. other than eggsy, she's not really close enough to anyone here to have a real bond. )
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last time, he hadn't known how it would go. the locals just singled him and harry out, suggesting it because of their apparent closeness. curiosity led them up and, then, well — it made sense to play along. this time, however, eggsy would have to ask roxy properly (pop the bloody question, so to speak), knowing all of that and ensuring she knew it, too.
it's sort of intimate, isn't it? he'd said, but now he thinks, very fucking intimate. ]
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yes my army buddy
my dearest penpal
my work acquaintance turned flatmate
wanna head to khalo village tomorrow? and then you can buy me whatever you like there ;)
[ SO COOL, SO FINE, SO NOT THINKING ABOUT IT. ]
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but it's a different thing, isn't it? a different kind of intimacy. )
tomorrow sounds good
and i will
though i think i need to think about getting a proper job
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what are you thinking?
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maybe the institute instead
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the institute is always involved when shit hits the fan
[ so, it would be smart for roxy to work there. and dangerous, too. ]
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( not the danger, of course — but roxy doesn't have a background in science, so for all that she isn't stupid, it might be a challenge. )
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[ but — ]
alan would know better than me. he's been working there for ages
rosalind and dorian have been there for a while, too, if you wanted to see what others think
course those two are a bit much
[ with the time travel and the magic and the... egos... ]
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how well do you know him?
( "what does he know about you?" she really means to ask. )
i think i've met rosalind, but not dorian.
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while he trusts roxy more than anyone, they're colleagues and friends. learning more about each other outside of kingsman is a work in progress. eggsy still keeps much of his personal experiences to himself, even though his times on el nysa have trended happier than much of his life in london. ]
i know he's a good man
definitely has his secrets
says he was in Security back home but doesn't mind doing shady shit like betting on me in the fighting rings or fleecing folks
[ casually dropping that he participated in the fighting rings. yep. ]
i'm sure he suspects something
but he doesn't know anything for certain
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